Rick Schroder was just short of 18 when Lonesome Dove went into production as an epic television drama. Newt, is, after all, the “lonesome dove” that gives the book its title. Chief among the assorted subplots: a coming-of-age story that charts the evolution of Newt Dobbs - the son Call comes to admire but never quite manages to acknowledge - from callow youth to reliable adult.
Call and the gregarious Augustus “Gus” McCrae.
Rick Schroder reflects on the Lonesome Dove role that launched his adult acting career.Īs anyone who’s ever read Lonesome Dove or watched the miniseries adaptation can tell you, there’s more to the saga than the friendship between the taciturn Woodrow F.
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